Overview

• Stories are incredibly powerful, and documentary films provide audiences with one of the most thought-provoking and powerful ways to understand the world around them.
• Explore a diverse range of courses and develop technical skills and knowledge to help you stand out in this competitive industry.
• Learn from industry experts and experienced academics who will help you create compelling non-fiction stories via film.
• Develop practical skills in location production, editing techniques, cultural responsibilities, making and managing your career, experimental film and interactive documentary making, reality TV and script writing.

Further study

Depending on your choice of major, students who have competed a Bachelor of Communications and Media may enhance their professional skills by choosing specialised study in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Master of Research.

Career outcomes

• Graduates from this field of study have a range of skills to gain employment in roles such as a documentary producer, film director, multimedia officer, camera operator, video editor, video content producer, production assistant, production designer, scriptwriter, post-production producer and the like.